@Cmdr:
What’s wrong with a Battleship for Russia? I did this a lot in Alpha 2!!
We usually play AA50/42 :-D
I dont remember a lot of Anniversary, but I can say this, Russia plopping down 2 or 3 Battleships a round is a good way to mind trick your opponent into giving up no matter what game of Axis and Allies you are playing.
@Cmdr:
@Cmdr:
What’s wrong with a Battleship for Russia? I did this a lot in Alpha 2!!
We usually play AA50/42 :-D
I dont remember a lot of Anniversary, but I can say this, Russia plopping down 2 or 3 Battleships a round is a good way to mind trick your opponent into giving up no matter what game of Axis and Allies you are playing.
Russia earning 40-60 IPCs is quite a tall order for Spring 1942 or even Anniversary, but I think I get what you mean - with that kinda buy the Axis will have to take some notice.
Potential buys have no effect in our playing group, but we do try to make our opponent insecure, insinuating they made a mistake.
By saying things like “so you finished your combat move, right? right?”, or "“oh, you’re going to attack X? interesssstingggg”.
@special:
Potential buys have no effect in our playing group, but we do try to make our opponent insecure, insinuating they made a mistake.
By saying things like “so you finished your combat move, right? right?”, or "“oh, you’re going to attack X? interesssstingggg”.
With some people that kinda of comments can backfire… instead of making them insecure they can realize you’re only trying to mess you up and ignore them all together. Of course, it can also distract them a false sense of security… :-D
@special:
Potential buys have no effect in our playing group, but we do try to make our opponent insecure, insinuating they made a mistake.
By saying things like “so you finished your combat move, right? right?”, or "“oh, you’re going to attack X? interesssstingggg”.With some people that kinda of comments can backfire… instead of making them insecure they can realize you’re only trying to mess you up and ignore them all together. Of course, it can also distract them a false sense of security… :-D
Indeed!
We’re still on the phase of “mmmm, did i do something wrong?” (we’re slow players, and abit paranoid, so for now it works fine… these comments just prolong the game of course…)
Sometimes i’ll point out to the wife some potential conquest that really isn’t my intended target, to get her thinking about my potential attack lanes so that she divides her attention from attacking me and defending herself :)
Sometimes i’ll point out to the wife some potential conquest that really isn’t my intended target, to get her thinking about my potential attack lanes so that she divides her attention from attacking me and defending herself
Wow Salan! You beat your wife?
Wow Salan! You beat your wife?
oh gargantua! you precocious scamp! lol :lol:
The best way to screw with my opponenets I’ve found is by playing with a blank board. I set up the board, hand them the relevent data sheets with set-up info (their’s AND mine) and then say “lets go”. Drives people nuts! I know the board and the set-ups well enough to not need the pieces (in fact pieces on the board usually make it harder for me to see what im doing). I have only found ONE person willing to play with me like this, everyone else demands a “proper” set-up, which I usually grant them. I keep my blank board set up in addition to a proper set-up and it still drives my opponents nuts as I sit and stare at a blank board, move phantom units and leave my opponents completely in the dark as to what im doing.
You can also apply Lord Vader’s Force Choke on your opponents: when they are winning, slowly move the board to one edge of the table without anyone noticing so that you can flip or bump it by accident and send all the pieces flying across the room. They’ll be left breathless :-D
Sometimes i’ll point out to the wife some potential conquest that really isn’t my intended target, to get her thinking about my potential attack lanes so that she divides her attention from attacking me and defending herself
Wow Salan! You beat your wife?
constantly…
that sounds so wrong!
